Already under threat of a fiscal calamity amid soaring oil prices and unrealistic government fuel subsidy spending, Indonesia is expected to miss this year's oil production target of 977,000 barrels per day (bpd), the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said.

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The city mining agency will soon audit businesses that use both groundwater and tap water, agency head Peni Susanti said Wednesday.She said 3,655 businesses held agency-issued permits to use groundwater, 70 percent of which also had artesian wells.

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